These players lasted with us and gave us seasons of service ... a few others gave us moments of brilliance
Richard henare
Jimmy veikoso
George Mann
Alva Drummond
Kel earl
John clough
Terry Scott
Tex Evans

The club has certainly had some great Kiwis, would be nice to get those days back. Joe Grima a.k.a. enforcer in chief, Roby Muller the greatest bargain buy of all time, Mike Kuiti, Shane Tupaea, Logan Edwards, Paddy Tuimavave, Mark Riley, George Mann.

I'm sorry foryou young un's with some of the choices you have had to make. A lot of them second raters . Now lets get down to the nitty gritty and look at some real ledgends. KEN GOWERS, finest player ever to wear the number 1 shirt for Swinton, a Great Britain international. JOHNNY STOPFORD fantastic winger, like grease lightening, could beat a player on a sixpence,aGreat Britain international. ALAN BUCKLEY fab. centre very fast, very strong, great tackler and a wingers centre. a Great Britain inter national. DAVE ROBINSON brilliant loose forward could create gaps for fun,had the speed of a threequarter, aGreat Britain international.GEORGY PARKINSON my favourite stand off in my life time, hard as nails even the opposition forwards were scared of him, had to be the finest stand off never to win a cap. BILLY DAZ DAVIS replaced Parkinson as a 16 year old. Lived up to his name as the dazzler could split open a defence from nothing, aGreat Britain international. BILL HOLIDAY signed from HULL KR .Great loose forward with a tactical brain to match. A Great Britain international. GRAHAM WILLIAMS a great scrum half with a fantastic turn of pace, more than a match for Alex Murphy on his day . Emigrated to Australia and played for Manly. Tragically killed over there in a motor bike accident. ALBERT BLAN the captain of the great LIONS team .fab. player fab tactition who made the team tick. Finally DANNY WILSON a great player who could have been even better only for his wayward ways. So there you are sorry to you younger end the did'nt see the best , but who knows there might come a time in the future when you will have great players to cheer on, lets all keep our fingers crossed that this happens.

The club has certainly had some great Kiwis, would be nice to get those days back. Joe Grima a.k.a. enforcer in chief, Roby Muller the greatest bargain buy of all time, Mike Kuiti, Shane Tupaea, Logan Edwards, Paddy Tuimavave, Mark Riley, George Mann.

I'm sorry foryou young un's with some of the choices you have had to make. A lot of them second raters . Now lets get down to the nitty gritty and look at some real ledgends. KEN GOWERS, finest player ever to wear the number 1 shirt for Swinton, a Great Britain international. JOHNNY STOPFORD fantastic winger, like grease lightening, could beat a player on a sixpence,aGreat Britain international. ALAN BUCKLEY fab. centre very fast, very strong, great tackler and a wingers centre. a Great Britain inter national. DAVE ROBINSON brilliant loose forward could create gaps for fun,had the speed of a threequarter, aGreat Britain international.GEORGY PARKINSON my favourite stand off in my life time, hard as nails even the opposition forwards were scared of him, had to be the finest stand off never to win a cap. BILLY DAZ DAVIS replaced Parkinson as a 16 year old. Lived up to his name as the dazzler could split open a defence from nothing, aGreat Britain international. BILL HOLIDAY signed from HULL KR .Great loose forward with a tactical brain to match. A Great Britain international. GRAHAM WILLIAMS a great scrum half with a fantastic turn of pace, more than a match for Alex Murphy on his day . Emigrated to Australia and played for Manly. Tragically killed over there in a motor bike accident. ALBERT BLAN the captain of the great LIONS team .fab. player fab tactition who made the team tick. Finally DANNY WILSON a great player who could have been even better only for his wayward ways. So there you are sorry to you younger end the did'nt see the best , but who knows there might come a time in the future when you will have great players to cheer on, lets all keep our fingers crossed that this happens.

I'm 43! I tell my dad how lucky he is regularly to have seen the 60s men. My grandad had the honour to see the pre war greats too.I'm sure us young uns enjoy our memories just as much though

I'm sorry foryou young un's with some of the choices you have had to make. A lot of them second raters . Now lets get down to the nitty gritty and look at some real ledgends. KEN GOWERS, finest player ever to wear the number 1 shirt for Swinton, a Great Britain international. JOHNNY STOPFORD fantastic winger, like grease lightening, could beat a player on a sixpence,aGreat Britain international. ALAN BUCKLEY fab. centre very fast, very strong, great tackler and a wingers centre. a Great Britain inter national. DAVE ROBINSON brilliant loose forward could create gaps for fun,had the speed of a threequarter, aGreat Britain international.GEORGY PARKINSON my favourite stand off in my life time, hard as nails even the opposition forwards were scared of him, had to be the finest stand off never to win a cap. BILLY DAZ DAVIS replaced Parkinson as a 16 year old. Lived up to his name as the dazzler could split open a defence from nothing, aGreat Britain international. BILL HOLIDAY signed from HULL KR .Great loose forward with a tactical brain to match. A Great Britain international. GRAHAM WILLIAMS a great scrum half with a fantastic turn of pace, more than a match for Alex Murphy on his day . Emigrated to Australia and played for Manly. Tragically killed over there in a motor bike accident. ALBERT BLAN the captain of the great LIONS team .fab. player fab tactition who made the team tick. Finally DANNY WILSON a great player who could have been even better only for his wayward ways. So there you are sorry to you younger end the did'nt see the best , but who knows there might come a time in the future when you will have great players to cheer on, lets all keep our fingers crossed that this happens.

Brilliant selection, can't disagree with anything there but as previously stated the older we are the greater selection span - I always remember my dad telling me how great the 27/28 team were and that Martin Hodgson was the greatest player he had seen not to mention Billo Rees, Bryn Evans etc etc but even my dad did then acknowledge how great that team of 62/63 were.The stars of that team were not only outstanding players for the lions but also stars of rugby league as can be seen in the selection for Lancashire against Australia on 29 September 1963 when Gowers,Buckley,Stopford and Graham Williams played and then 2 weeks later in the Great Britain team against Australia at Swinton when Gowers,Stopford and Ron Morgan played.

Brilliant selection, can't disagree with anything there but as previously stated the older we are the greater selection span - I always remember my dad telling me how great the 27/28 team were and that Martin Hodgson was the greatest player he had seen not to mention Billo Rees, Bryn Evans etc etc but even my dad did then acknowledge how great that team of 62/63 were.The stars of that team were not only outstanding players for the lions but also stars of rugby league as can be seen in the selection for Lancashire against Australia on 29 September 1963 when Gowers,Buckley,Stopford and Graham Williams played and then 2 weeks later in the Great Britain team against Australia at Swinton when Gowers,Stopford and Ron Morgan played.

Brilliant selection, can't disagree with anything there but as previously stated the older we are the greater selection span - I always remember my dad telling me how great the 27/28 team were and that Martin Hodgson was the greatest player he had seen not to mention Billo Rees, Bryn Evans etc etc but even my dad did then acknowledge how great that team of 62/63 were.The stars of that team were not only outstanding players for the lions but also stars of rugby league as can be seen in the selection for Lancashire against Australia on 29 September 1963 when Gowers,Buckley,Stopford and Graham Williams played and then 2 weeks later in the Great Britain team against Australia at Swinton when Gowers,Stopford and Ron Morgan played.

Sorry about that, clicked on the wrong button!

My Dad never stopped telling me how the likes of Martin Hodgson would play the 60s squad off the park!

As for memorable matches, while the Cup replay v Wigan is way up there, the 2-2 draw with the Aussie touring team goes down as the most nail-biting, especially as Albert Blan missed a penalty fairly close in with minutes left. A Titanic struggle!